ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 25535
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| Date: | Thursday 1 September 1955 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  Airspeed AS.65 Consul |
| Owner/operator: | Iberia |
| Registration: | EC-AJX |
| MSN: | 3362 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Zalamea la Real, Huelva, Andalucia -
 Spain
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Survey |
| Departure airport: | Madrid-Barajas Adolfo Suárez (MAD/LEMD) |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Airspeed AS.65 Consul c/n 3362 ex-RAF Oxford LX641. First civil registered 5.3.46 as G-AHED to Airwork Ltd, Heston. C of A 7727 issued 22.5.46. Re-registered 23.5.46 to British Air Transport Ltd, Redhill. Re-registered 11.11.48 to Henry R Stevenson & George L Meredith, t/a Civil Aviation Projects, London SW1. Re-registered 29.11.48 to Graham C.S. Pearson, London SW3. Re-registered 24.8.50 to W.A. Rollason Ltd, Croydon.
Registration cancelled 12.9.50 as "sold abroad". Registered in Transjordan as TJ-ABB by 30.9.50 to Air Jordan. Re-registered G-AHEH again on 23.7.53 to Aerocontacts Ltd, Gatwick. Registration cancelled 19.6.54 as "sold abroad" to Spain. Registered as EC-AJX to Iberia
Written off (damaged beyond repair) when crashed near Zalamea la Real, Huelva, Analicia, Spain, after one engine caught fire while on photo flight. All three occupants on board slightly injured. Airplane destroyed
Sources:
1. Diário de Lisboa 2 September 1955, p 9
2. http://www.ab-ix.co.uk/airspeed%20oxford%20&%20consul.pdf
3. [LINK NOT WORKING ANYMORE:http://www.baaa-acro.com/1955/archives/crash-of-an-airspeed-as-65-consul-in-spain/]
4. https://publicapps.caa.co.uk/docs/HistoricalMaterial/G-AHEH-1.pdf
5. https://publicapps.caa.co.uk/docs/HistoricalMaterial/G-AHEH-2.pdf
6. http://www.aviationcorner.net/show_photo_en.asp?id=388224
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 27-Sep-2008 01:00 | ASN archive | Added |
| 13-Dec-2011 20:01 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Cn, Operator, Location, Phase, Nature, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
| 01-Feb-2017 15:03 | TB | Updated [Operator, Phase, Nature, Source, Narrative] |
| 01-Feb-2017 15:12 | TB | Updated [Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 09-May-2017 22:59 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 09-May-2017 22:59 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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